Tag: Legislature
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Colorado state legislature election spending sees Democrats on defensive to hold recent gains
Election spending shows Colorado’s state democrats spending to hold onto recent gains rather than going on the offensive, Colorado Politic’s Marianne Goodland says.
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Industry critics: Proposed legislation threatens to limit oil & gas industry in Colorado
A new bill just introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives threatens to “functionally prohibit new permitting for most industrial processes in the state,” the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute Colorado asserted on Friday. House Bill 23-1294, introduced by Rep. Jennifer Bacon and Jenny Wilford and co-sponsored by Sen. Faith…
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Chief justice tells legislature about accomplishments, planned reforms to judiciary
Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright on Friday told the legislature the state’s judicial branch is making progress on diversity and workplace culture, while warning lawmakers about the need to address low compensation and problematic levels of turnover. Boatright also threw his endorsement behind two new proposals that would reform the process for disciplining judges, including an amendment…
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Judicial discipline proposals headed to General Assembly
A pair of recommendations to reform Colorado’s system of judicial discipline — including a potential amendment to the state Constitution voters could be asked to pass in 2024 — are headed to the General Assembly following Friday’s formal approval by the legislature’s Legislative Council. The recommendations came from an interim committee of legislators formed last spring with…
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The State of the Streets: A conversation with Police Chief Pazen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We all know about the State of the Union address our president delivers to Congress every year. Our governor does multiple State of the State speeches around Colorado, and Denver hosts several State of the City events, including one just last Thursday sponsored by the…
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Labor-led coalition doubles down on poll that sparked outrage in Democratic legislative primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A coalition of labor unions said this week that a poll it fielded in a Democratic legislative primary in Denver wasn’t meant to inflame racial bias after another group of union leaders cried foul, accusing the poll’s sponsors of using the survey to launch “overtly…
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WATCH LIVE: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s addresses Congress
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing the U.S. Congress, the actor-turned-wartime leader’s latest video speech as he uses the West’s great legislative bodies as a global stage to orchestrate support against Russia’s crushing invasion. Zelenskyy’s livestreamed address Wednesday into the U.S. Capitol…
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Patagonia, others threaten to boycott major outdoor show if moved from Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — An environmental conservation group and two dozen outdoor recreation companies, including Patagonia, REI and The North Face, announced Monday they would boycott the Outdoor Retailer trade show if it’s moved from Denver back to Salt Lake City, accusing Utah’s leaders of trying to…
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SONDERMANN | The crime-induced winter of our discontent
It was just another wintry, February weekend. With news of six separate shootings across the metro area, resulting in four deaths and an additional number seriously wounded. Welcome to Colorado in early 2022 and the winter of our discontent. This time, the downcast spirit has less to do with a virus or gas prices or…